Old trucks

Greetings. I refer to Zuffen's comment about the Kenyan Railways train- In my time in Africa my work required me to use the train from Nairobbery to Mombasa- this service used to depart twice daily- 5pm and 7pm and the same from Mombasa. Then KR cut the service to one departure a day, then one every 2 days. I suspect you could put this down to lack of maintenance and lack of budget to maintain the rolling stock. It wasn't unusual for the train to clag out before we got to Mombasa and we'd be left to ourselves to find our way to Mombasa. And the train would never arrive on time if we did make it to Mombasa station. I got used to this. As for the Leyland, it is a prime example of the condition of vehicles operated by anyone in East Africa. I'm sure some members have visited East Africa and witnessed for themselves the vehicles on the road. The Kenyan Nation newspaper used to print each day the road death toll for the previous day and a running total so far for the year and each day it would be double figures and sometimes triple figures if a couple buses were involved. Defensive driving was a priority if I was on the road which was pretty much daily. The newspaper stopped printing the road toll when it got really scary as someone must have tipped them off that visitors could read the paper and invariably they'd be going on a safari which meant they would be transported by road. I've been told KR has new trains- If this is true, I suspect the Chinese would have something to do with the deal as they were involved in upgrading main roads when I came home. Next time

771023Su Melbourne (International) Airport. Refuelling truck (Commer? Karrier?) with a Cathay Pacific B707. (Roderick Smith)

Roderick

Probably badged as a Commer because Karrier was a name used on smaller trucks. They were all made by Commer of Rootes Group of Britain, before Chrysler took them over.

Karrier Bantam I'd say ... Or maybe the Gamecock model.... Both looked similar

Bantam going by the radiator fill point, Gamecock filler in the actual grille
Also looks like 13" wheels, BIDSTBC
Dave

Thanks for the Karrier/Commer help. I'll do some more work: I have one at Alice Springs or Melbourne International. I had worried about a Karrier carrying sufficient fuel. However, the small size and wheels would have been important for getting under wings.

This one was posted yesterday. It is a crop from a railway photo posted to facebook Queensland Government Railways, Days Gone By, by Luke Cossins on behalf of the son of Les Scholl (who took the photo). Luke has asked for dating help.
The photo was taken at Boonah (Qld). I would guess mid 1920s for the vehicles (which weren't necessarily new when the photo was taken, but do set an oldest possible date).
Can we get precise make/model/year from the wonderful HCVC pool of knowledge?
Roderick.

The truck looks like the kind of stuff Jacksons in Brisbane still had in the 60s.....a early /mid 30 s Dodge?.........and in the pic with a fair bit of wear and tear........so I think the pic could be 1940s/ 1950s

Hey Rod.... If you go back through this post.... You've actually posted various angles of that Karrier already

I think the car is a 1929 Plymouth.

Does the front few feet of the truck look like 1935 Bedford???